Tale of a Codec Optimisation: Doing Things the GNU/Linux Way(Jun 10, 2008, 09:00)Free Software Magazine: "In this short article
I will explain how I gained a 300% speed boost when encoding DVDs
and will show how having the program's sources and being able to
talk to the maintainers sometimes really, really helps..."

GNOME in the Age of Decadence(Jun 10, 2008, 00:45)wingolog: "The problem, as I see it, is that
GNOME is in a state of decadence--we largely achieved what we set
out to achieve, insofar as it was possible..."